The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Appeal for unwanted toys for Shaftesbury kids | Motcombe Major Andy’s wheelchair marathon | Shaftesbury computer workshop owner surprised by the reaction to the shutdown | Shaftesbury support group reaches new milestone | More Pedal Talk cycling tours with Tom, Steve and Matt Appleby | Kate and Karren chat over the garden fence | A ghostly gold hill story

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury tourism businesses urged to complete questionnaire | Shaftesbury fire crew support key workers with video | West Melbury musician makes recording to remember Anzac soldiers | Dorset Police issue fines for breaching lockdown driving rules | Shaftesbury planning applications | Amber Harrison finds bluebells at Kingsettle | Heather hikes around Castle Green | Shaftesbury chef Philippa Davis on crisis cooking | A song thrush at Duncliffe

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury is one of England’s lowest crime areas | The Grosvenor Arms offer use of their hotel | Police seek collision witnesses | Crisis costing Dorset Council millions | How Donhead St Marys is tackling the crisis | The Shaftesbury butchers driving new ways to work | Where in Shaftesbury? | National Trust ranger Clive shares family nature adventure ideas | Medical herbalist Julie on the magic of nettles | A white-tipped bumblebee recorded at Duncliffe

On today’s Alfred Daily: Healthy food parcel service to launch next Thursday | Shaftesbury’s Car Link provides some locals’ only contact | Motcombe’s wildlife videos go weekly | Dorset Council consults over dogs on leads | Cath Toogood on Shaftesbury’s former shoe shops | Dirty Nails’ wildlife gardening | A blackcap on Breach Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: PPE status of Shaftesbury health and care providers | Over two hundred call for Shaftesbury councillor to quit | Litter bins may go after food waste is dumped | Second attack on Shaftesbury speed indicator | Salon staff show support for key shop workers | No 2020 town bloom entry | The Victoria Street squatters remembered | Sounds of Castle Hill slopes

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s MP says we’ve got to be safe before we restart tourism | Shaftesbury families’ lockdown days are being photographed | A Donheads gran launches horse-themed online education | Friendly support for Shaftesbury businesspeople tonight | Arts Centre wants your tales of kindness | How Fontmell Magna celebrated a royal coronation | Poet Richard Foreman writes about rainbows

On today’s Alfred Daily: Prison inmates supporting Shaftesbury hospital | Crisis delays Shaftesbury’s Neighbourhood Plan | Shaftesbury man delivering hand sanitiser to shops and key workers | The lockdown has boosted online property views | Competition looking for somebody’s selfless act | How Shaftesbury’s farming landscape has changed since Hardy | A colourful shrub named after a British explorer | A Gascoigne’s Lane tree that dates back to Charles II’s reign | Afternoon birdsong in Dockham

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Arts Centre encourages art displays around town | Emergency timetable challenges for Motcombe bus passengers | Gary Cook’s paintings are keeping people positive | The Appleby boys cycle around Shaftesbury | Our weekly Wardour smallholding stories | Poetry with Richard Foreman | Hairy Footed bees on Tanyard Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Fewer cases so far in Shaftesbury | Our town is one of the best places to see next week’s meteor shower | Creative ways we’re showing support for carers | Kate and Karen on making their kids cringe | Claire Ryley on infamous Shaftesbury historic figures | Art on-the-air with Percy Lizzard | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Nick Crump records St Peter’s Church bells

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset garden waste services to start again | Hospital Friends chairman appeals for holiday home for staff | Attacks on Dorset key workers rise during lockdown | Shaftesbury man featured in national papers | Shaftesbury runners supporting village pub | Hiking with Heather Whitehead | Two Shaftesbury connected murders - with Claire Ryley | Relaxing sounds of stream near St James’ Common